Integration with vBulletin - Official AddonChat Product

vBulletin 4 Official Integration & Authentication Extension

Product Info
Name: AddonChat Official Integration Product
Product ID: addonchat
Version: 4.0.2, 4.2.0
Author: AddonInteractive (http://www.addoninteractive.com/)
Last Modified: 4 Aug. 2012
Compatibility: vBulletin 4.0.x+, 4.2.x+

Overview

This extension allows you to fully integrate a AddonChat Free, Professional, Professional PLUS or Enterprise Java? Chat Room with your vBulletin 4 forum or CMS. This script provides basic integration for AddonChat Free and Professional customers. Remote authentication (the ability to secure access to your chat room using your vBulletin username/passwords) is available for Pro+/Enterprise customers, as well as a Who's Chatting feature.

Requirements

• vBulletin 4 or higher
• AddonChat Free, Professional PLUS, or Enterprise, or AddonChat Professional with the Remote (HTTP) Authentication System. You may register for a AddonChat account at www.addonchat.com. A Professional PLUS or Enterprise account is recommended to take advantage of advanced features.
• (optional, but recommended) PHP with allow_url_fopen directive enabled in your php.ini file or the PHP CURL extension. This is required to download the Who's Chatting list from AddonChat servers.

What's new?

• Completely re-written for vBulletin 4
• New Integration Options for vBulletin Social Networking Features (Blog, Albums, etc..)
• Updated to support RAS (Remote Authentication System) v2.1 providing extremely fine grain control over user privileges.
• New 'User is Banned' option in usergroup manager to easily prevent users belonging to specified usergroups from entering your chat room.
• Who's Chatting list is now (optionally) displayed on main forum page in the What's Going On box.
• Embedded Width may now be specified in percentage values (defaults to 100%)
• Option to display Chat Room Link in main navigation tab, community menu, and/or quick links menu.
• New in v4.0.1: Updated Link Code
• New in v4.0.1: Support for AddonChat Mobile Edition (iPhone, iPod Touch, etc..)
• New in v4.0.1: SSL Support (Automatic Detection)
• New in v4.0.1: Easy AddonChat control panel access through vBulletin AdminCP
• New in v4.0.1: vBulletin CMS Widget (Optional)
• New in v4.0.1: Language Additions
• Changed in v4.2.0: Temporarily suspended pop-up feature. We advise customers to enable the Java 6+ Detach feature along with the pop-up after login options from their AddonChat control panel to emulate this behavior.
• Updated in 4.2.0: Support for new vBulletin 4.2.x navigation system

Features

• Seamless integration between your vBulletin Forum/CMS and AddonChat
• After installation, set up and configure your chat room from the AddonChat menu in your vBulletin Admin Control Panel
• Automatic (ten minute interval) User's Chatting updates
• Optionally display the amount of users within your chat room on your chat navigation tab shown throughout your entire forum/CMS.
• Remote authentication allows you to authenticate access into your chat room based on your vBulletin user database
• Automatic user login option
• Seamless integration with vBulletin Usergroup permissions (remote authentication)
• Remote functions system allows you to tie in vBulletin forum functions into the AddonChat user menu
• Uses the vBulletin XML product import architecture, making installation simple.
• No code or template modifications required
• Automated account lookup - just enter your account number and password, and your information will be automatically retrieved. (allow_url_fopen must be enabled in PHP)
• Multi-lingual (UTF-8) support
• Supports both the AddonChat Mobile Edition & SSL Modules through automatic client/page detection.

Installation

Installation takes less than five minutes. Download the supplied ZIP file, and extract it on your personal computer. Open the README.TXT file for full installation instructions. No PHP code modifications or template modifications are required. This script makes use of the vBulletin XML Product system for a fast and painless installation.

Support

Support is provided by AddonInteractive for this script provided you have a Professional, Professional PLUS or Enterprise AddonChat account. Read the included instructions for details. Please let us know if you have any problems installing this extension.

Which file do I download?

vBulletin 4.2.x+ users, download attached file: product-addonchat_4-2-0.zip
vBulletin 4.0.x, 4.1.x users, download attached file: product-addonchat_4-0-2.zip

[pjcnlv]

I am interested in this app if I can use it much like a shoutbox at the top of my forums page. It would need to mirror the account activity of a user, i.e. if they visit the site with a persistent login, they should also automatically be logged into the chat system.

'Am I on the right track?

[Grim77]

Edit: Issue Resolved.

[CrosseyedGamer]

Is there a way to move the Who's Chatting into say a widget that can be put on other pages?

[lovechandigarh]

Just integrated! Thanks...

[Britmovie]

great

[kylek]

Quick question, can the chat link be hidden to certain usergroups? So those that do not have access to the chat would not see the link.

Thanks

[fishmaster]

Answer to the error posted earlier on the memcached error:

1. Killed Memcached proccess, error persisted.

2. Tested conflicts with hacks, no conflicts

3. Googled deep error results, returned the below nugget:

http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showt...l=1#post492846

created new config.php, uploaded, chat works fine.

Root Cause: White space in doc. During past VB Upgrades carried over last config.php and never updated file.

[Rafes]

Any way to make the links open in new window ? other then that it installed fine and works perfect

[Grim77]

@kylek - Yes, it's possible - but apparently overlooked. I've added it to our development to-do list for the next minor update

@fishmaster - Glad you got it sorted out!

@Rafes - Absolutely. You'll find this option in the AddonChat AdminCP menu. It should be enabled by default. Popup links do require JavaScript, and if JavaScript is disabled users will be taken to the embedded page. The link on the main forum page next to the Who's Chatting list does link to the embedded page, but could be edited if you wanted to make it a popup link - I believe the link there is in the Phrases, and the popup link code itself can be found in the Templates.

@CrosseyedGamer - Good question. Right now, there is nothing in the plugin that accommodates this out of the box; however it wouldn't be too difficult to use the supplied AddonChat Who's Chatting code in a CMS block. Settings -> Site Integration -> Who's Chatting from your AddonChat control panel . Use the internal frame link method and copy/paste the code where you need it. This isn't recommended for heavy traffic sites, but should work for most. This plugin essentially caches who's chatting data such that users don't have to wait for a web service call to complete - the Who's Chatting link code in your AddonChat control panel is real-time.

[Magz]

Over the years, ive tried lots of chat apps, including flashchat, irc, wibya etc, but find addonchat more then exceeds my expectations.

Easy to use, configure, and administer.

Whilst not free ( if you want the extra features ), its pound for pound, money well spent.

Keep up the good work